ABIT AN52 AM2 NVIDIA mobo - Good?

suraswami · Dec 10, 2007

I am looking to buy ABIT AN52 AM2 NVIDIA mobo. I see mixed reviews. anybody here have good feedback?

I want to overclock my AM2 X2 to 3.0G+. Will this be a good buy?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127026

I had good luck with Abit. Other reason is that I saw a re-furbished board for dirt cheap. Thought I would try my luck on it.

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Random Murderer · Dec 10, 2007

that would not be a good choice if you're looking to hit 3GHz. it's a good board, but just not meant for overclocking, and even the "max" line from abit(their 'dedicated' enthusiast and overclocking boards) have not been received well lately. a lack of bios options and updates will hinder you greatly. if you want an extremely modest overclock or you plan to run stock, this is a great board.
personally, i would use this for a silent/htpc rig.

suraswami · Dec 10, 2007

Random Murderer said:
that would not be a good choice if you're looking to hit 3GHz. it's a good board, but just not meant for overclocking, and even the "max" line from abit(their 'dedicated' enthusiast and overclocking boards) have not been received well lately. a lack of bios options and updates will hinder you greatly. if you want an extremely modest overclock or you plan to run stock, this is a great board.
personally, i would use this for a silent/htpc rig.

Thanks. That was another option for me. My Gigabyte board + X2 3800 (s939) (HTPC machine) is acting up. Its brand new. 1.5 months old. I can RMA to Gigabyte and get a replacement. But I have to wait. In the mean while I thought I would swap with ABIT.

trog100 · Dec 13, 2007

i have one.. it goes better then my latest msi 790x chipset board.. using a single grafix card solution i have chosen the cheap abit an52 board over the "so called" better 790x chipset board..

things aint always what they seem..

trog

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	money pit..
Processor	Intel 9900K 4.8 at 1.152 core voltage minus 0.120 offset
Motherboard	Asus rog Strix Z370-F Gaming
Cooling	Dark Rock TF air cooler.. Stock vga air coolers with case side fans to help cooling..
Memory	32 gb corsair vengeance 3200
Video Card(s)	Palit Gaming Pro OC 2080TI
Storage	150 nvme boot drive partition.. 1T Sandisk sata.. 1T Transend sata.. 1T 970 evo nvme m 2..
Display(s)	27" Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 165Hrz Nvidia G-Sync, IPS.. 2560x1440..
Case	Gigabyte mid-tower.. cheap and nothing special..
Audio Device(s)	onboard sounds with stereo amp..
Power Supply	EVGA 850 watt..
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech K270
Software	Win 10 pro..
Benchmark Scores	Firestike 29500.. timepsy 14000..

ABIT AN52 AM2 NVIDIA mobo - Good?

suraswami

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

suraswami

trog100